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Wake Island was attacked by the Japanese while under the control of commander Winfield Cunningham. The USN held strongly against them with shore fire and sank some of their battle ships. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/us-entry-into-wwii-japanese-offensive/1941-december-11-attack-wake-island.html

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Was fought be the US and the Philippines against the Japanese. We ended up surrendering to the Japanese and this battle was known as the most intense faze of the Japs. It was also the first major land battle the US was in. https://www.britannica.com/event/Bataan-Death-March

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This was the first time in WWII that the Japanese had a significant failure in a major operation. This battle had stopped the Japanese's sea born plan to invade port moresby. https://anzacday.org.au/ww2-the-battle-of-the-coral-sea/

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This battle was turning point of the war. It was between the US and Japanese navy. The US ended up being successful in defeated the Japanese and dashed their hopes of the US naval being neutral. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway

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Once again helped with the turning point in the war. This was between allied forces and the Japanese. This battle was land and sea fought around the southern Solomon Islands. This was once again another victory for allies. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Guadalcanal

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This were just attacks that the US and allies planned to eventually shut down the war. The hopped fro island to island to try and close in on japan. So eventually we could get the to surrender. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944

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The US started their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan by attacking the heavily occupied, Japanese-claimed island of Betio in the Tarawa which is in the Gilbert Islands.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-tarawa#:~:text=In%20the%20Battle%20of%20Tarawa,Atoll%20in%20the%20Gilbert%20Islands.

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This was a decisive air and sea battle of WWII. The US crippled the Japanese combined fleet. This re-enforced the allies control of the pacific.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Leyte-Gulf

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The Battle of Manila is known to be the bravest and first urban fighting in the war. Very little battles in the last few months of WWII are known to have reached the brutality and destruction in Manila.
https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-manila/

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This battle was located 750 miles off the coast of japan. It was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan. The US were the ones that invaded the island. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima

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This was the last major battle in WWII. This was the US's final push for japan to surrender before anything else they had planned. The allies won but yet japan still didn't surrender. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa

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This was the testing site for the atomic bomb. This was the Manhattan project and they were testing to see if it would work. This project was preparing for the total end off WWII to get japan to surrender. https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1945/establishing_los_alamos.htm

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This was the first bomb dropped on japan due to the resistance of surrendering. It was dropped by the B-29 bomber plane. It killed approximately 80,000 people. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki

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The was the second and last bomb dropped on japan. They didn't surrender after the first one so we dropped a second which ended in a result of them surrendering. This bomb was also dropped by the B-29 bomber and killed about 40,000 people. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki

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This was the official site for the surrender of japan. After they had basically everything they had destroyed. They signed the treaty on sea, on a boat while everyone aboard was watching. https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1945/establishing_los_alamos.htm